The women's 400 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13, 14 and 15 July.

Medalists Gold Natasha Hastings Silver Sonita Sutherland Bronze Ashlee Kidd

Results Final 15 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Natasha Hastings 52.04 Sonita Sutherland 52.41 Ashlee Kidd 52.45 4 Tang Xiaoyin 52.87 5 Olga Soldatova 52.99 6 Asami Tanno 53.34 7 Annemarie Schulte 53.67 8 Liliya Pilyuhina 53.82

Semifinals 14 July

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Olga Soldatova 53.56 Q 2 Tang Xiaoyin 53.61 Q 3 Annemarie Schulte 53.93 Q 4 Sonita Sutherland 54.19 Q 5 Muna Jabir Adam 54.49 6 Amanda Kotze 56.08 7 Kineke Alexander 56.42 8 Abigail David 65.15

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Natasha Hastings 53.50 Q 2 Asami Tanno 53.83 Q 3 Ashlee Kidd 53.93 Q 4 Liliya Pilyuhina 54.04 Q 5 Anja Pollmächer 54.24 6 Jaimee-Lee Hoebergen 54.59 7 Özge Gürler 55.50 8 Monique Williams 56.13

Heats 13 July

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Natasha Hastings 52.61 Q 2 Asami Tanno 53.37 Q 3 Jaimee-Lee Hoebergen 53.48 Q 4 Amanda Kotze 54.32 q 5 Antonina Krivoshapka 55.05 6 Pınar Saka 55.50 7 Angela Makaha 55.88 8 Wu Shanshan 56.31

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ashlee Kidd 53.56 Q 2 Annemarie Schulte 53.67 Q 3 Kineke Alexander 54.00 Q 4 Emma Björkman 54.41 5 Gabriela Medina 55.95 6 Maria Spacca 56.50 7 Mounira Al-Saleh 57.10

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sonita Sutherland 53.52 Q 2 Liliya Pilyuhina 54.05 Q 3 Monique Williams 54.85 Q 4 Maris Mägi 54.93 5 Carline Muir 55.15 6 Jacqueline Davies 55.76

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Abigail David 53.48 Q 2 Olga Soldatova 53.54 Q 3 Tang Xiaoyin 53.74 Q 4 Anja Pollmächer 53.78 q 5 Muna Jabir Adam 54.25 q 6 Özge Gürler 54.41 q 7 Gemma Nicol 54.77 8 Liga Zauna 58.21

Participation According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

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